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J. W. WHITE.

WIRE CLOTH LATHING.

No. 391,443. Patented oet. 2s, 1888.

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UNITED STATES vPATENT OEETCE.

JOSEPH W.

VHITE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WASHINGTON S. TYLER, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE-CLOTH LATHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,443, dated October 23. 1888.

Application iiled October 14,1887. Serial No. 252,388. (No model.)

To {LZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. WHITE, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lire-Cloth Lathing; and l do hereby .declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wire-cloth lathing in which angle-plates are arranged in pairs and woven in between the warp-wires at suitable distances,thelongerlegs of these angle-plates being serrated and the warp-wires crossing the plate at the bottom of such serrations, to the end that the warp-wires are held from lateral displacement, that the protruding piece of the stiffening-strip holds the lathing away from the wall to form an airspace, that the securing-bolts may be driven in at any points along the dividing-line of each pair of stiffening-strips, and that the teeth of the latter, by engaging the wall, help to support the lathing, thus relieving the securing nails from excessive lateral strain.

With these objects in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and in combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan. Flg. 2 1s an elevation in longitudinal sectlon. Fig. 3 1s an enlarged side elevation of a portion of one ofthe stiffening-strips. Fig. et is an enlarged end elevation of a pair of stiffeningstrips. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the manner of dividing the initial strips into two stii'ening-strips.

A represents coarse wire-cloth suitable for lathing, a being the warp-wires, and a the Iilling-Wlres.

B are stiffeningstri ps arranged in pairs, as shown in Fig. 4, and woven in at suitable iutervals between the warp-wires, such stiffening-strips where they occur taking the place of lling-wires. In preparing these stiffeningstrips sheets of metal are cut into initial strips wide enough to make two stiffening-strips. These initial strips are then cut lengthwise into two equal parts, the division being on zigzag lines, as shown in Fig. 5, so that no v metal is wasted. The strips B are next bent at approximately a right angle on lines l) b,and the lower or shorter legs are preferably corrugated, as shown in Fig. 4, to increase their stiffness. These strips are arranged back to back, as shown more clearly in Figs. 2 and 4, and the teeth of the two strips are brought to match, and in such position the pair of stiffening-strips are woven in between the warpwres, the latter crossing the strips at the bottom of the serrations. Such serrations are of course made to correspond to the distance that the warp-wires are apart. In placing the lathing the teeth bzengage the wall, studding, or whatever the lathing is att-ached to, the teeth holding the lathing away from the wall or other support to leave an airspace, said teeth having been madelonger or shorter-,according to the air-space desired. The securingnails d may be driven at any points along the di- `vision-line of each pair of stiffening-strips.

No holes are required for the passage of the nail, the latter forcing apart the strips slightly wherever the nails are inserted. Heretofore several varieties of stiffening-strips have been used, the saine having holes punched therein for the passage of the securing-nails. It fre quently occurs that hard spots in bricks -and even in wood knots are encounterednto which small nails such as used for securing the lath cannot be driven, and in bending the laths to fit curved or irregular surfaces--for instance, at a cornice-the nail-holes in such stiffeningstrips come just where they are not wanted. Vith my improved device such difficulty is of course entirely overcome; also, the sharp points of teeth b2, even when applied toa brick wall, will more or less penetrate the surface thereof and help to support thelathing, thereby greatly relieving the nails from lateral strain. The stiffening-strips are of thin metal, and the lateral legs of these strips, were it not for the corrugations aforesaid, would usually be less in thickness than the diameter of the fillingwires; but with the creasing or corrugations the lateral legs are of about the same thickness, or, perhaps, a trifle thicker than the fillingwires, so that the wire-cloth has substantially a flat surface on either side. Then once dies are provided for dividing the initial strips, as aforesaid, these stiifening-strips are cheaply made, the bending and creasing being done by IOC machinery. My improved stiffening-strips are more easily woven into the wire-cloth from the fact that the two series of warp-wires are about evenly strained in passing the fillingstrips on account of the latter being, as aforesaid, of about the same thickness where the warp-wires cross as the filling-wires.

What claim isl. The combination, with wire-cloth lathing, of rigid strips set in pairs back to back and woven in between the wires, so that their backs project outwardly from the wire cloth, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with wire-cloth lathing, of stiffening-strips set in p'lirs at suitable intervals and Woven in between the Wires, said stiffeningstrips having teeth protruding between the wires on one side of the wire-cloth, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with wire-cloth lathing, of stiffening-strips set in pairs at suitable intervals and Woven in between the warp-wires, each stiffening-strip consisting, essentially, of an angle-plate having one leg thereof serrated and the other leg creased longitudinally, the two stiffening-strips forming a pair, being set back to back, with the teeth protruding on one side of the wire-cloth, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination7 with wire-cloth lathing, of stiffeningstrips set in pairs at suitable intervals and woven in between the Warp-wires, said stiffening-strips being in the form of angleplates having serrations on the one leg thereof, and the Warp-wires crossing the strips at the bottom of such serrations, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination,with wire-cloth lathing, of stiffening-strips arranged in pairs and woven in at suitable intervals between the warpwires, each stiffening-strip consisting, essentially, of an angle-plate one leg of which is serrated, the teeth thereof extending out between the warp-wires on one side of the cloth, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 28th day of September, 1887.

JosnrH W. WHITE. 

